Tag Archives: Macroeconomics

Swiss group Migros Bank has hired Christoph Sax as chief economist, effective 1 February 2017. Sax’s appointment to this newly created position follows changes made in the group’s investment operations. At the start of 2017, Migros Bank has created an investment division that will run its investment activities and asset management services. Sax will join […]

Paris-headquartered Amundi has announced the creation of the Amundi Global Advisory Board gathering world-renowned experts in economic and political issues. It aims to provide insights to the company on global economic, political and strategic developments and their impact on financial markets. The board is chaired by Hubert Védrine, former French minister of Foreign Affairs. The […]

Azad Zangana, senior European economist at Schroders, discusses latest’s eurozone GDP figures. In a bumper day of data, eurozone quarterly growth is estimated to have doubled to 0.6% in the first quarter compared the end of 2015, beating consensus expectations of 0.4% growth. This is the first Eurostat “flash” GDP release, published earlier than normal […]

AXA has appointed Laurence Boone as chief economist of the AXA Group and head of Research at AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM). She succeeds Eric Chaney who will retire in September. Boone will also sponsor AXA IM’s client relationships with sovereign wealth funds, central banks and state pension funds. Boone will join in March and will be […]

Hans Bevers (pictured) has been appointed chief economist of Bank Degroof Petercam. In his new position, he will be responsible for the development of the overall macroeconomic scenario as well as for the analysis of economic themes. Bevers will report to Bruno Colmant, Head of Macro research and member of the group management committee. Bevers […]

Mathilde Lemoine has been appointed as group chief economist at Edmond de Rothschild group. She will be joining EdR on 7 January 2016 and will report to Ariane de Rothschild, chair of the group executive committee. Prior to joining the firm, Lemoine has worked in various French ministerial cabinets, notably as an advisor on macroeconomic and tax […]